In April, he began to walk again with a prosthetic metal leg attached. He remained stationed in the medical facility until being released in February. In January 2017, Grimmett was hospitalized in Ecuador due to an aggressive infection on his right leg below the knee, where it was amputated in the process. Grimmett recorded a music video in conjunction with a commercial for Garmin that aired during the 2007 Super Bowl XLI. Their self-titled debut album was released in 2008. Grimmett had just come back from the US promoting his international band GrimmStine which includes Grimmett on vocals, Steve Stine on guitar, Hat on bass and Dave Johnson on drums. This band has continued to gig as Steve Grimmett's Grim Reaper with a lineup now featuring Mark Rumble on drums. The Steve Grimmett Band is a more recent project, with Grimmett backed by Ian Nash, Chaz Grimaldi and Pete Newdeck. After Grim Reaper came a brief spell with Onslaught, with a debut single that charted in the UK. Grim Reaper achieved major success worldwide with three highly acclaimed studio albums along with single releases and MTV airplay. Grimmett later featured in Onslaught for a brief period, before forming Lionsheart and in more recent times, The Steve Grimmett Band and GrimmStine. His original band was the short-lived Medusa, before he became known as the lead vocalist for Grim Reaper. Grimmett began his career in the era of new wave of British heavy metal.
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